Oxane Partners, a technology-driven solutions provider to the alternative investments industry, has signed long term engagements with four New York based firms in the last six months, strengthening its foothold in the US market. The new clientele, all credit-focussed investment
The sell-off in October was difficult to navigate for hedge funds, but there were substantial divergences across strategies, according to Lyxor’s latest Hedge Fund Brief. Lyxor’s Philippe Ferreira (pictured), says: “L/S Equity and Event-Driven strategies underperformed due to their elevated
A new study written by the Strategic Consulting team, Prime Services, Barclays Capital reveals that Discretionary Macro, Equity Market Neutral, Equity Quant and Credit strategies are most favoured by investors as they seek to reduce their equity long-only exposure. The
Troy Asset Management Limited has launched the Trojan Ethical Fund, managed by Charlotte Yonge (pictured), with the support of Troy’s 11-strong investment team. The Trojan Ethical Fund is a long-only, multi-asset fund which invests according to Troy’s well-established investment process, incorporating
Mediolanum International Funds Limited, the Irish management company of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has launched a new Thematic global equities fund – Mediolanum Innovative Thematic Opportunities – as part of its Best Brands umbrella fund offering. The objective of the
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has completed a GBP2.9 million fundraise extension led by capital markets venture capital firm, Illuminate Financial, bringing the total seed funds raised to GBP5.7 million. The funding will help drive the
With an annualised return since 2011 of 12.95 per cent placing it in the top decile of fixed income hedge fund performance tables, LNG Capital’s Europa Credit Fund is beginning to attract the attention of institutional investors alongside its traditional
International fund manager Managing Partners Limited (MPL) has signed a partnership deal with MIDF Amanah Asset Management Berhad (MIDF Amanah), the asset management arm of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF). The deal will give Malaysian investors the opportunity to
Ares Management Corporation has completed its conversion to a corporation under Delaware law and changed its name from Ares Management to Ares Management Corporation. Since Ares had already elected to be taxed as a corporation for US federal and state
The recent losses posted by Greater China equity fund managers nearly depleted their relative outperformance over their North American counterparts accumulated since the end of 2016, according to figures released by Eurekhedge. Owing to the underlying regional equity market rally,
